Sunday, August 28, 2016
Monday, August 22, 2016
Happy Q-School Week!
Hello all! It's Q-school week! Today was the first day of registration and practice rounds. I am all signed in and ready to go! I have my tee times for the next couple of days and a game plan of what to work on before the tournament begins! It's been a few days since I last updated so I'll give you the run down of what we've been doing here in Cali :)
Friday- We played the Palmer course and my parents got to play along too! We belong to a course that allows us to play other courses around the country for a cheap price and they give us rental clubs to use so they were able to play which was a lot of fun for me! We also got to play along with one of the members out at Mission Hills and he had some good advice for me during the round so I'm hoping to use that to my advantage this week! When we got back to the hotel I got a quick workout in before Lindsey (you guys remember my best friend!) and I went to our friend's condo for dinner! It was nice to hang out with other golfers and just relax! This week is high stress enough so if you can find a few good people that can distract you from golf, you're going to do just fine :)
Saturday- We got to go to Disneyland!!!!!! You guys have no idea how excited I was about this day. If you have been keeping up with my blogs you know I am a HUGE Disney fan and I had never been to Disneyland before so my excitement was off the charts. We decided we were going to take a mental break from golf for a day and allow our inner child to run wild and it was an amazing day! We got there right when it opened and explored every nook and cranny of Walt's design. Although it is smaller than Disney World, it was still amazing to experience another Disney resort. I'm pretty sure I cried a few tears when I saw Sleeping Beauty's castle, but don't worry they were tears of joy! We stayed for most of the day before heading back to Palm Springs.
Sunday- I went to play and practice at the Gary Player course which is the third course we will be playing for this year's qualifying tournament. My parents went and played another round of golf so we both did our own golf thing for the day before they came back to pick me up. I got a short workout in then we did some laundry! Okay fine, MOM did the laundry, but I did get her some quarters :) I then sat in the lobby and did some of my Bible study and Lindsey joined me!
Now I sit here, again in the lobby with Lindsey, typing my short update :) We are ready to go for Thursday and looking forward to whatever comes our way!
Friday- We played the Palmer course and my parents got to play along too! We belong to a course that allows us to play other courses around the country for a cheap price and they give us rental clubs to use so they were able to play which was a lot of fun for me! We also got to play along with one of the members out at Mission Hills and he had some good advice for me during the round so I'm hoping to use that to my advantage this week! When we got back to the hotel I got a quick workout in before Lindsey (you guys remember my best friend!) and I went to our friend's condo for dinner! It was nice to hang out with other golfers and just relax! This week is high stress enough so if you can find a few good people that can distract you from golf, you're going to do just fine :)
Saturday- We got to go to Disneyland!!!!!! You guys have no idea how excited I was about this day. If you have been keeping up with my blogs you know I am a HUGE Disney fan and I had never been to Disneyland before so my excitement was off the charts. We decided we were going to take a mental break from golf for a day and allow our inner child to run wild and it was an amazing day! We got there right when it opened and explored every nook and cranny of Walt's design. Although it is smaller than Disney World, it was still amazing to experience another Disney resort. I'm pretty sure I cried a few tears when I saw Sleeping Beauty's castle, but don't worry they were tears of joy! We stayed for most of the day before heading back to Palm Springs.
Sunday- I went to play and practice at the Gary Player course which is the third course we will be playing for this year's qualifying tournament. My parents went and played another round of golf so we both did our own golf thing for the day before they came back to pick me up. I got a short workout in then we did some laundry! Okay fine, MOM did the laundry, but I did get her some quarters :) I then sat in the lobby and did some of my Bible study and Lindsey joined me!
Now I sit here, again in the lobby with Lindsey, typing my short update :) We are ready to go for Thursday and looking forward to whatever comes our way!
Thursday, August 18, 2016
The Golf Mom's first Blog :)
Hello Everyone! I am Jennifer’s mom. I thought it would be fun to help Jennifer by guest blogging. But before I start to tell you about our time in California I need to thank everyone. Michael, Jen’s dad, and I are overwhelmed with the amount of support that Jennifer is receiving. The one thing we have learned on this journey is you can’t do it alone. You need help. So thank you very much. You would be amazed at how far a tiny message of “Good Luck” goes. Jennifer always tells me about who wished her luck either via text message, Facebook post, Instagram, or Twitter. They all mean a lot to her and go a long way in her knowing she isn’t alone on this journey.
Okay, now onto our California adventure. Today, Jennifer just finished a three day tournament. This tournament is to prep for the Q-School Tournament next week. Jennifer played well. Her scores were 73-75-76. But let’s talk about the heat. We are in Palm Springs, California. The temperature was 115° …. and yes, I walked the golf course all three rounds, and her dad was her caddie. It is hot. Next week during Q-School it should only be about 105°. Thank goodness not as hot. The thing is though, it is beautiful out here. When we are on the course and look out we see the mountains. When we drive around, we see the mountains. The sun is bright. It looks absolutely gorgeous out. But when we step outside, it’s HOT!!! I usually never go swimming and I always say it’s too cold and the temperature needs to be in the 90s for me to go swimming. Well guess what I did yesterday after walking 18 holes on the golf course? I went swimming and the water felt so wonderful!
Other observations I have made here in Palm Springs: I saw a road runner yesterday as we were leaving for the golf course. I have also seen a bunch of hummingbirds. This morning our tee time was at 8AM. (90°) and the hummingbirds were out in full force which was so cool to see! When the sun is shining on the golf course you like to find shade so you find every tree you can. Luckily, I was able to find shade. The trees that give off very little shade are the tall palm trees. These skinny trees are stingy with the shade as you can imagine, but the palm trees on holes 5 and 18 remind me of the movie “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.” Do you remember that movie? It was from 1963 staring Spencer Tracy and a bunch of other famous actors. They were all searching for buried money. And if I remember correctly the money was under a big “W.” Well the palm trees here remind me of that “W” at the end of the movie. (When you are on the golf course as much as I am, I need to think about other things to help calm my nerves as Jennifer golfs).
Thank you all for following Jennifer as she works to earn her way onto the LPGA. She is ready to go!
Thegolfmom
#TeamElsholz #believe
Okay, now onto our California adventure. Today, Jennifer just finished a three day tournament. This tournament is to prep for the Q-School Tournament next week. Jennifer played well. Her scores were 73-75-76. But let’s talk about the heat. We are in Palm Springs, California. The temperature was 115° …. and yes, I walked the golf course all three rounds, and her dad was her caddie. It is hot. Next week during Q-School it should only be about 105°. Thank goodness not as hot. The thing is though, it is beautiful out here. When we are on the course and look out we see the mountains. When we drive around, we see the mountains. The sun is bright. It looks absolutely gorgeous out. But when we step outside, it’s HOT!!! I usually never go swimming and I always say it’s too cold and the temperature needs to be in the 90s for me to go swimming. Well guess what I did yesterday after walking 18 holes on the golf course? I went swimming and the water felt so wonderful!
Other observations I have made here in Palm Springs: I saw a road runner yesterday as we were leaving for the golf course. I have also seen a bunch of hummingbirds. This morning our tee time was at 8AM. (90°) and the hummingbirds were out in full force which was so cool to see! When the sun is shining on the golf course you like to find shade so you find every tree you can. Luckily, I was able to find shade. The trees that give off very little shade are the tall palm trees. These skinny trees are stingy with the shade as you can imagine, but the palm trees on holes 5 and 18 remind me of the movie “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.” Do you remember that movie? It was from 1963 staring Spencer Tracy and a bunch of other famous actors. They were all searching for buried money. And if I remember correctly the money was under a big “W.” Well the palm trees here remind me of that “W” at the end of the movie. (When you are on the golf course as much as I am, I need to think about other things to help calm my nerves as Jennifer golfs).
Thank you all for following Jennifer as she works to earn her way onto the LPGA. She is ready to go!
Thegolfmom
#TeamElsholz #believe
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Update from Cali
Hello all! :) We are in California and we are loving it! Although it has been awfully hot (114 degrees) we are still enjoying ourselves!
Yesterday was Day 1 in Cali! We played a practice round at the tournament course in the morning and got some practice in before the round. Afterwards we came back to the hotel and just hung out in the room for a little bit taking a nap and gaining some energy back :) We also went grocery shopping and took a ride around town before coming back and watching some Olympics before getting some rest for round 1!
Today was Round 1 of the NWGA q-school prep event and luckily we had a morning tee time so we got our round in before the sun really beat down on us. I ended the day with a 1 over par 73. I played solidly all the way around making a lot of pars so hopefully the next two rounds I can take it low and make some more birdies! I have an afternoon tee time tomorrow so we're going to the movies tonight then going to watch some Olympics before getting some sleep for round 2!
Thank you for all the continued support; it really means the world to me! You can follow the tournament by clicking on the Live Scoring button on my website! Also, feel free to check out my GoFundMe page :)
www.jelsholz.com
xoxo
Jen
Yesterday was Day 1 in Cali! We played a practice round at the tournament course in the morning and got some practice in before the round. Afterwards we came back to the hotel and just hung out in the room for a little bit taking a nap and gaining some energy back :) We also went grocery shopping and took a ride around town before coming back and watching some Olympics before getting some rest for round 1!
Today was Round 1 of the NWGA q-school prep event and luckily we had a morning tee time so we got our round in before the sun really beat down on us. I ended the day with a 1 over par 73. I played solidly all the way around making a lot of pars so hopefully the next two rounds I can take it low and make some more birdies! I have an afternoon tee time tomorrow so we're going to the movies tonight then going to watch some Olympics before getting some sleep for round 2!
Thank you for all the continued support; it really means the world to me! You can follow the tournament by clicking on the Live Scoring button on my website! Also, feel free to check out my GoFundMe page :)
www.jelsholz.com
xoxo
Jen
Saturday, August 13, 2016
California Bound
Hello :) So for those of you that are following along on my journey I thought I'd give you a small update on me and my thoughts about the next two weeks.
Tomorrow my parents and I fly out to Palm Springs, California where we will be there for two weeks! Next week Tuesday-Thursday, 8/16-8/18, I will be playing in the Q-school prep event hosted by the NWGA Tour. After that I will have the weekend to relax and prepare for the biggest tournament of my summer so far, Stage 1 of LPGA Qualifying School. Round 1 of Q-school begins 8/25 and everyone will play three rounds then there will be a cut then the 4th round will be on that Sunday and a certain number of players will make the cut and head to Stage 2.
With all that being said, I'll be honest...I'm a little nervous. But if there's one thing I've learned about nerves it's that they aren't a bad thing. It just means I care about what's happening, but I also have to shake those nerves off once I get going. I am also very excited. How can I not be?! I wake up every morning and I get to go outside and play the sport that I love. Every day I get to wake up and push myself to be the absolute best athlete I can be.
I love quotes and I love being inspired by people and their stories. The Olympics came at the perfect time for me. I love not only watching sports, but I love watching the passion these athletes have. I'm an emotional person already, but if I see someone crying out of pure happiness I tend to join them from the other side of the television screen. These athletes have worked for years and have dedicated their lives to their sport and that motivates me to want to be my absolute best.
God has given me this amazing talent and I don't know exactly where He is leading me, but for right now I am taking what He's giving me and doing my best to bring honor and glory to His name.
I'll be blogging throughout these next two weeks and keeping ya'll up to date about what's going on, but some exciting news! My mom will be blogging while she's in California with me :) So look forward to those as well! I'll be putting the links up for live scoring on my website if you want to check that out! www.jelsholz.com But for now thank you for all the support and I'm looking forward to the weeks to come!
xoxo
Saturday, August 6, 2016
Golf, Golf, Golf
In all honesty, I'm not very good at blog posts about golf. I do have a golf journal, but thinking about it now I haven't written in it about my golf rounds in a while :/ Writing to me is all about my creative juices flowing and words just coming out and onto the paper. I've never been good just writing about my golf rounds. I talk to my dad a lot about how a round went, and we talk about the improvements I need to make for the next time, but it's hard to write about them, but none the less I'm going to try and write about my golf tournaments more often! Especially for those of you who are following my golf career :)
I was on the road the past two weeks playing in a couple different tournaments. I went and played up at Boyne Mountain in the Michigan Tournament of Champions. It is a really cool event because players who play in it have won a Michigan sanctioned event! Since I won the GAM Women's Championship and the Michigan Women's Amateur during the summer of 2014 I get a lifetime invite to the tournament! What makes it so unique is that both men and women play against each other and they use four different set of tees! I have never played against men in a tournament, I have only played with my dad and some of his buddies at our home golf course just for fun so it was a cool experience! I played really well shooting 73,74,71 for a two over par total which left me in a tie for 22nd place. (Plus I beat some men so that is always fun!:)
Earlier this week, mom and I went down to Defiance, Ohio to play in the Ohio Women's Open. I again played well shooting 74, 71 (par 71) for a three over par total and that was good enough for 4th place!
I've seen a lot of improvements in my game over the past few months and I'm really excited to see what's to come! I have one more week of good practice before I head out to California for q-school! I'll actually be playing in a prep event hosted by the NWGA tour the week before q-school so we're going to be out there for just over two weeks, but it'll be a good adventure :)
As I'm sure some of you know golf is an expensive sport and playing professional is not cheap so because of this fact I thought it time to ask for some help. I have set up a GoFundMe account for anyone who feels lead to give. The link is below and I would appreciate any little thing! (Even just a quick visit to the site:)
https://www.gofundme.com/jelsholz
Thank you all and have a blessed day :)
I was on the road the past two weeks playing in a couple different tournaments. I went and played up at Boyne Mountain in the Michigan Tournament of Champions. It is a really cool event because players who play in it have won a Michigan sanctioned event! Since I won the GAM Women's Championship and the Michigan Women's Amateur during the summer of 2014 I get a lifetime invite to the tournament! What makes it so unique is that both men and women play against each other and they use four different set of tees! I have never played against men in a tournament, I have only played with my dad and some of his buddies at our home golf course just for fun so it was a cool experience! I played really well shooting 73,74,71 for a two over par total which left me in a tie for 22nd place. (Plus I beat some men so that is always fun!:)
Earlier this week, mom and I went down to Defiance, Ohio to play in the Ohio Women's Open. I again played well shooting 74, 71 (par 71) for a three over par total and that was good enough for 4th place!
I've seen a lot of improvements in my game over the past few months and I'm really excited to see what's to come! I have one more week of good practice before I head out to California for q-school! I'll actually be playing in a prep event hosted by the NWGA tour the week before q-school so we're going to be out there for just over two weeks, but it'll be a good adventure :)
As I'm sure some of you know golf is an expensive sport and playing professional is not cheap so because of this fact I thought it time to ask for some help. I have set up a GoFundMe account for anyone who feels lead to give. The link is below and I would appreciate any little thing! (Even just a quick visit to the site:)
https://www.gofundme.com/jelsholz
Thank you all and have a blessed day :)
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